Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
chocolate ice cream
versus
radish sprouts
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts:
Chocolate ice cream is high in calories and radish sprout has 80% less calories than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 216 calories per 100 grams and radish sprout has 43 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, chocolate ice cream is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and similar to radish sprouts for fat. Chocolate ice cream has a macronutrient ratio of 7:50:44 and for radish sprouts, 28:28:45 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Chocolate Ice Cream | Radish Sprouts | |
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Protein | 7% | 28% |
Carbohydrates | 50% | 28% |
Fat | 44% | 45% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Radish sprout has signficantly less carbohydrates than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 28.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and radish sprout has 3.6g of carbohydrates.
Chocolate ice cream has more dietary fiber than radish sprout - chocolate ice cream has 1.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chocolate ice cream is high in sugar and radish sprout has less sugar than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 25.4g of sugar per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain similar amounts of protein - chocolate ice cream has 3.8g of protein per 100 grams and radish sprout has 3.8g of protein.
Chocolate ice cream is high in saturated fat and radish sprout has 89% less saturated fat than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 6.8g of saturated fat per 100 grams and radish sprout has 0.77g of saturated fat.
Radish sprout has less cholesterol than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 34mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has 40 times more Vitamin C than chocolate ice cream - chocolate ice cream has 0.7mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and radish sprout has 28.9mg of Vitamin C.
Chocolate ice cream is a great source of Vitamin A and it has 490% more Vitamin A than radish sprout - chocolate ice cream has 118ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and radish sprout has 20ug of Vitamin A.
Chocolate ice cream has more Vitamin D than radish sprout - chocolate ice cream has 8iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - chocolate ice cream has 0.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - chocolate ice cream has 0.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout has more thiamin, niacin, Vitamin B6 and folate, however, chocolate ice cream contains more Vitamin B12. Both chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain significant amounts of riboflavin and pantothenic acid.
Chocolate Ice Cream | Radish Sprouts | |
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Thiamin | 0.042 MG | 0.102 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.194 MG | 0.103 MG |
Niacin | 0.226 MG | 2.853 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.554 MG | 0.733 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.055 MG | 0.285 MG |
Folate | 16 UG | 95 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.29 UG | ~ |
Both chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts are high in calcium. Chocolate ice cream has 114% more calcium than radish sprout - chocolate ice cream has 109mg of calcium per 100 grams and radish sprout has 51mg of calcium.
Chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain similar amounts of iron - chocolate ice cream has 0.93mg of iron per 100 grams and radish sprout has 0.86mg of iron.
Chocolate ice cream is a great source of potassium and it has 190% more potassium than radish sprout - chocolate ice cream has 249mg of potassium per 100 grams and radish sprout has 86mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, radish sprout has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than chocolate ice cream per 100 grams.
Chocolate Ice Cream | Radish Sprouts | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.15 G | 0.722 G |
Total | 0.15 G | 0.722 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both chocolate ice cream and radish sprouts contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Chocolate Ice Cream | Radish Sprouts | |
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linoleic acid | 0.25 G | 0.41 G |
Total | 0.25 G | 0.41 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Chocolate Ice Cream (Ice creams, chocolate) and Radish Sprouts (Radish seeds, sprouted, raw) .
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G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||